How to retrieve information of a user?
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After running below commands,
[root@u87 ~]# getent group somegroup
somegroup:*:2441:someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/group | grep somegroup
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# getent passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# sudo su - someuser
su: user someuser does not exist
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/system-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo
I would like to know,
1) How to retrieve information about someuser? basically information like uid
2) Why sudo su - someuser does not work? despite someuser exist in some DB
sudo users group
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After running below commands,
[root@u87 ~]# getent group somegroup
somegroup:*:2441:someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/group | grep somegroup
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# getent passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# sudo su - someuser
su: user someuser does not exist
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/system-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo
I would like to know,
1) How to retrieve information about someuser? basically information like uid
2) Why sudo su - someuser does not work? despite someuser exist in some DB
sudo users group
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
Do you have a user namedsomeuser? What doesgetent passwd someusersay?
– Andy Dalton
Sep 19 at 15:36
Related: unix.stackexchange.com/a/353975/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 19 at 15:46
@AndyDaltongetent passwd someusergives no output but whygetent group somegrouphas member usersomeuseras mentioned insomegroup:*:2441:someuser?
– overexchange
Sep 19 at 16:24
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Was the group database not updated when the user was removed from the system? Do you have historical records showing that this user actually existed at some point in time?
– Kusalananda
Sep 19 at 16:36
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After running below commands,
[root@u87 ~]# getent group somegroup
somegroup:*:2441:someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/group | grep somegroup
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# getent passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# sudo su - someuser
su: user someuser does not exist
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/system-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo
I would like to know,
1) How to retrieve information about someuser? basically information like uid
2) Why sudo su - someuser does not work? despite someuser exist in some DB
sudo users group
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
After running below commands,
[root@u87 ~]# getent group somegroup
somegroup:*:2441:someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/group | grep somegroup
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# getent passwd | grep someuser
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# sudo su - someuser
su: user someuser does not exist
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]#
[root@u87 ~]# cat /etc/system-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 (Maipo
I would like to know,
1) How to retrieve information about someuser? basically information like uid
2) Why sudo su - someuser does not work? despite someuser exist in some DB
sudo users group
sudo users group
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
edited Sep 19 at 16:33
terdon♦
124k29234408
124k29234408
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
asked Sep 19 at 15:28
overexchange
312212
312212
Do you have a user namedsomeuser? What doesgetent passwd someusersay?
– Andy Dalton
Sep 19 at 15:36
Related: unix.stackexchange.com/a/353975/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 19 at 15:46
@AndyDaltongetent passwd someusergives no output but whygetent group somegrouphas member usersomeuseras mentioned insomegroup:*:2441:someuser?
– overexchange
Sep 19 at 16:24
2
Was the group database not updated when the user was removed from the system? Do you have historical records showing that this user actually existed at some point in time?
– Kusalananda
Sep 19 at 16:36
add a comment |Â
Do you have a user namedsomeuser? What doesgetent passwd someusersay?
– Andy Dalton
Sep 19 at 15:36
Related: unix.stackexchange.com/a/353975/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 19 at 15:46
@AndyDaltongetent passwd someusergives no output but whygetent group somegrouphas member usersomeuseras mentioned insomegroup:*:2441:someuser?
– overexchange
Sep 19 at 16:24
2
Was the group database not updated when the user was removed from the system? Do you have historical records showing that this user actually existed at some point in time?
– Kusalananda
Sep 19 at 16:36
Do you have a user named
someuser? What does getent passwd someuser say?– Andy Dalton
Sep 19 at 15:36
Do you have a user named
someuser? What does getent passwd someuser say?– Andy Dalton
Sep 19 at 15:36
Related: unix.stackexchange.com/a/353975/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 19 at 15:46
Related: unix.stackexchange.com/a/353975/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 19 at 15:46
@AndyDalton
getent passwd someuser gives no output but why getent group somegroup has member user someuser as mentioned in somegroup:*:2441:someuser?– overexchange
Sep 19 at 16:24
@AndyDalton
getent passwd someuser gives no output but why getent group somegroup has member user someuser as mentioned in somegroup:*:2441:someuser?– overexchange
Sep 19 at 16:24
2
2
Was the group database not updated when the user was removed from the system? Do you have historical records showing that this user actually existed at some point in time?
– Kusalananda
Sep 19 at 16:36
Was the group database not updated when the user was removed from the system? Do you have historical records showing that this user actually existed at some point in time?
– Kusalananda
Sep 19 at 16:36
add a comment |Â
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Do you have a user named
someuser? What doesgetent passwd someusersay?– Andy Dalton
Sep 19 at 15:36
Related: unix.stackexchange.com/a/353975/117549
– Jeff Schaller
Sep 19 at 15:46
@AndyDalton
getent passwd someusergives no output but whygetent group somegrouphas member usersomeuseras mentioned insomegroup:*:2441:someuser?– overexchange
Sep 19 at 16:24
2
Was the group database not updated when the user was removed from the system? Do you have historical records showing that this user actually existed at some point in time?
– Kusalananda
Sep 19 at 16:36